Improvement in brackets



c. B. PETTENGILL;

BRACKETS.

, No.182532 Patented Sept. 26,1876.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES B. PETTENGILL, OF EASTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

-IMPROVEMENT IN BRACKETS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 182,532, dated September26, 1876; application led July 1, 1876.

To all lwhom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. PETTEN- GILL, of Easton, in the county ofBristol, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Brackets, of which the following is a descriptionsufliciently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in theart or science to which my invention appertains to make and use thesaine, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a partof this specilication, in which- Figure lis an isometrical perspectiveview.

My invention relates to that class of brackets which are employed insupporting ilowerpots, 85e.; and consist in a novel construction andarrangement ofthe parts, as hereinafter more fully set forthand'olaimed, by which a moreeffectivedevice of this character may beproduced than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation ofmy invention will be readily obvious to allconversant withv such matters from thefollowing description:

In the drawing, a represents the body of the bracket, which is composedot' a single piece ot' wire bent to form the circular pot-holders E E,the free ends F of the wire being arranged beneath. the openings' in theholders, and so shaped as to support the pan G. This pan is preterablycomposed of cast metal, and is provided with a reservoir, H, and loop I.The reservoir, when the pan is in position, projects verticallyjnto theopening M, thus preventing all undue lateral movements of the pan.

The object of the loop I is to hold the pan more securely in its seat,the end F being passed through a hole in the loop in adjusting the panfor use.

The object of the reservoir H is to catch and hold the surpluswater oroverliow in watering the plants or flowers, and also to furnish a supplyof water to the plants, to the roots of' which it will be carried bycapillary attraction through the ordinary aperture in the bottom of thepot when the same is placed in the pan.

The holder A is designed to be secured by a screw passing through thehole D to the meeting-rail of a window-sash, or any other convenientsupport. This holder is provided with an inwardly-projecting hook, U, atone end, and on either side with an upwardly-projecting liange or lip,B. ,Y

The body a, between the sections E E,is U- shaped, and in the use of myimprovement the holder A is secured in a horizontal position, and theU-shaped part of the body passed under the hook C, the sides' of theU-shaped portion resting on the holder, and against the flanges B, asshown.

It will be obvious that 'the body n, resting on the holder, will thus beprevented from injuring the window-rail, and that the flanges B willoperate to prevent the body from moving laterally, and becoming-detached from the hook C.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is y l. In a bracket,the body a, provided withy the pot-holders E E, the body and holdersbeing integral or 4composed ot' a single piece of wire, and otherwiseconstructed and arranged to operate substantially as set forth.

2. In a bracket, the holder A, provided with the hook G and flanges B B,the body a, and the pot-holders E E, constructed and ar` ranged tooperate substantially as specified. CHARLES B. PETTENGILL. Witnesses:

C. A. SHAW, A. M. LEONARD.

